dwarves

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  • n.

    矮子( dwarf的名词复数 );有魔法的小矮人;

  • 双语释义

    n.(名词)
    1. [C]矮子 person, animal or plant that is much smaller than the normal
    2. [C]有魔法的小矮人 creature like a very small man with magic powers
    v.(动词)
    1. vt. 显得矮小; 使相形见绌 make sb/sth seem small by contrast or distance

    英英释义

    dwarf[ dwɔ:vz ]

    • n.
      • a person who is markedly small

        同义词:midgetnanus

      • a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure

        同义词:gnome

    • v.
      • make appear small by comparison

        同义词:shadowovershadow

      • check the growth of

        "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines"

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    词汇搭配

    用作动词 (v.)
    ~+名词
    • dwarf a little dinghy使小船显得小
    • dwarf other dramatists使其他剧作家相形见绌

    词组短语

    white dwarf[天]白矮星

    dwarf star矮星

    brown dwarf棕矮星;褐矮星

    red dwarf红矮星(表面温度较低且亮度较弱的恒星)

    双语例句

    用作名词(n.)
    1. You are a giant of words and dwarf of action.
      你是言词的巨人,行动的矮子。
    2. There is a dwarf apple tree in our garden.
      在我们的花园里有一棵矮苹果树。
    3. The kind dwarf asked the little princess to have dinner with him.
      善良的小矮人邀请小公主和他一起吃晚饭。
    4. A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees further of the two.
      侏儒站在巨人肩上要比两个人看得远。
    用作及物动词(vt.)
    1. Each innovation destined to dwarf the extensive accomplishment of the Greeks-Euclidean geometry.
      每一个创新都注定希腊人的巨大成就--欧几里德几何相形见绌。
    2. As China's income per head catches up, its economy will soon dwarf those of its Asian neighbors.
      随着中国的人均收入急起直追,它的经济不久将使其亚洲邻国相形见绌。
    用作不及物动词(vi.)
    1. They act out their dramas in a setting whose wilderness immensity both dwarf and ennobles whatever they achieve
      他们在荒原上奠定了他们的事业,而广阔无际的天地既使他们的成就显得渺小,也显得崇高。

    权威例句

    Two dwarves from Sweden: A unique case
    From dwarves to giants? Plant height manipulation for biomass yield.
    Capture of Inelastic Dark Matter in White Dwarves
    Tall tales from sly dwarves: novel functions of gibberellins in plant development
    Dwarf Intelligence - A large object carried by seven dwarves -
    In search of the Seven Dwarves: issues of measurement and meaning in alcohol expectancy research.
    Could the Magellanic Clouds be tidal dwarves expelled from a past-merger event occurring in Andromeda?
    The Formation of Free-Floating Brown Dwarves and Planetary-Mass Objects by Photo-Erosion of Prestellar Cores
    The formation of free-floating brown dwarves and planetary-mass objects by photo-erosion of prestellar cores
    Miocene fossils show that kiwi (Apteryx, Apterygidae) are probably not phyletic dwarves